Stopper-retainer.



A. 0. BOGGS, JR. STOPPER RETAINER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAE. 6, 1909.

95'? 6% Patented May 10, 1910.

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STOPPER-RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1%, 1910.

Application filed March 6, 1909. Serial No. 481,574.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN C. Bocos, Jr, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Fort Dodge, in the county of Webster and State ofIowa, have invented a new and Improved Stopper-Retainer, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to stopper retain ers for oil cans and the like,and relates more particularly to devices of this class comprising a baradapted to be rigidly secured at the inside of the spout and projectingfrom the inner end of the same, a link loosely connected with the bar,and a crossbar or keeper loosely connected with the link and adapted toprevent the retainer from being drawn through the neck of the can bodywhen the spout is unscrewed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive spoutor stopper retainer for oil cans, which can be applied to cans ofvarious types, which can be secured to the spout of the can after thecan is finished, which does not interfere with the flow of heavy oilthrough the spout, and which does not interfere with the lntroduction ofoil into the can.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views, and in which- Figure 1 is alongitudinal section of an oil can showing an embodiment of my inventionapplied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of an oil can showing apart in section, and having the spout unscrewed from the neck of the canand laterally disposed to show the operation of the retainer.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 10 represents the body ofan oil can of conventional form, having a top 11 and a threaded neck oroutlet 12. The spout 13 is rigid with and extends through a thread edhead 14 which can be screwed into position within the neck. I provide abar 15 fashioned from wire or the like and having at one end an eye 16.The bar is soldered or otherwise secured within the spout, at the lowerend of the same, so that it can project into the can body 10 when thespout is in position within the neck.

A link 17 is provided at each end with an eye 18 by means of one ofwhich it is loosely mounted in the eye 16. The other eye 18 receives aneye 19 of a cross-bar or keeper 20 which, like the link 17, is fashionedfrom wire or similar material. The keeper is bent upon itself to formthe eye 19, which is substantially central so that the keeper hangsnormally as is shown in Fig. 1, extending transversely of the length ofthe link 17. Consequently it operates to prevent its withdrawal from thecan as is shown in Fig. 2, when the spout is unscrewed.

I have found that a chain or like means for securing the keeper to thespout tends to choke the entrance of the spout when the can is inverted,and thus hinders the free flow of the oil from the can. The provision ofthe rigid bar 15, however, obviates any such difficulty in my invention.The keeper 20 under normal conditions, prevents the accidental removalof the spout from the can, but in case of necessity allows the spout tobe separated from the can by a suitable manipulation. It is possible,furthermore, to introduce it into the can even after the top 11 issoldered or otherwise secured in position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a device of the class described, the combinationwith a vessel having a curved top and a neck projecting from the top,and a spout having a head fitting in the neck of the vessel, of a barhaving one end secured in the lower end of the spout and projecting intothe vessel, said bar being of a length less than one half of thediameter of the vessel and provided with an eye at its inner end, akeeper bar in the vessel and of a length greater than the internaldiameter of the neck of the vessel, and adapted to engage with its endsthe inner face of the top of the vessel, the said bar being bent to forman eye at its center of length, and a link having an eye at each end,one eye engaging the eye of the keeper bar and the other the eye of thebar secured to the spout, the link being of a length a little greaterthan that of the neck of the vessel, whereby when the head and spout areremoved the head and spout will be supported upon the outer face of thetop of said veseye at each end, one eye engaging the eye of sel, and thekeeper bar held spaced from the keeper bar, and the other the eye of thethe inner end of the neck. bar secured to the stopper.

2. In a device of the class described, a In testimony whereof I havesigned my 15 5 spout having a head, a bar having one end name to thisspecification in the presence of secureil in thfi lower end of the spout(imd two subscribing witnesses.

' rovi ed wit an e e at its inner en a keeper bar of a length greaterthan diameter l ALVIN BOGGS of the outlet of the vessel which thestopper Witnesses:

10 closes, said bar being bent to form an eye C. A. BUOKNER,

at its center of length, and a link having an 1 NELLIE SULLIVAN.

